Vise attachment for anvils



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APP. REED. VISE ATTAGHMENT FOR ANVILS.

No. 520,011. 1 Patented May 15, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT F. REED, OFGUTHRIE, IOWA.

VISE ATTACHMENT FOR ANVILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,011, dated May 15,1894.

Application filed January 19, 1894. Serial No. 4 7, (N -l To aZZ whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. REED, a citizen of the United States,residing at Guthrie, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vise Attachments forAnvils,

of which the following is a specification, referonce being had thereinto the accompanying drawings, in whicht Figure 1 is a perspective Viewof my improved vise attachment applied to an ordinary anvil, and Fig. 2a detail sectional View of the lower part of the device.

This invention relates to an improved vise attachment for anvils whichmay be applied toany ordinary anvil and which is readily removable fromthe anvil, as more fully hereinafter appears.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a vertical bar or bracketprovided with suitable holes to adapt it to be secured to the base blockof the anvil by means of lag-bolts, and 2 designates a jaw pivotallysupported on the upper end of said bracket, the jaw having formed on itsinner side a lug or rib 3 which is embraced by a pair of cars on thebracket, the pivotal pin 4 passing through said ears and lug. Theupperend of the jaw is enlarged and provided with a steel-faced die 5,said die being secured in a recess in the upper end of the jaw by meansof a screw 6, so as to be removable therefrom. The upper inner edge ofthe die is beveled to facilitate the forming of horse-shoe calks andother work. As will be observed from the drawings this jaw in connectionwith the adjacent end of the anvil forms a strong vise. The lower partof the jaw depends to near the lower end of the bracket and is curvedinwardly toward the same, as at 7. The jaw is operated by a foot-lever 8which has its inner end bifurcated so as to embrace both the jaw and thebracket, to which latter it is pivoted by a hori: zontal pin 9. Passingthrough the bifurcated arm of the foot-lever is a pin 10 which carriesbetween the arms a horizontal roller 11 which works or bears against theinner edge of the curved or cam part 7 of the jaw when the foot-lever isdepressed. To normally hold the foot-lever up a flat or leaf spring 12is socured to the bracket below the foot-lever and has its upper freeend bearing upon the under side of the foot-lever. The lower end of thejaw is normally pressed inward by the upper weighted end of the jaw, theweight in the upper part of the jaw being disposed outto be attached toany sized anvil without altering the construction thereof in the least.Another advantage is that the jaw may be very quickly secured in placeand removed from the bracket by simply removing the pivot pin 4; thuspreventing inconvenience and saving the time of the smith. Anotherfeature is its compactness which not only enables it to be made verystrong, but also prevents it being in the way whether in use or out ofuse.

This attachment is adapted principally to assist the smith in working upand fitting horse-shoes, but it is also adapted for all kinds of generalwork. In sharpening shoe-calks the work is done on the beveled edge ofthe die, the anvil simply serving as one jaw of the vise to support theshoe. The vise may also be used for makingcorner-irons, shapingtongue-irons, shaft irons and in performing numerous other kinds ofwork, as is obvious.

I am aware of Patent No. 466,208, granted to Wharton December 29,1891,and also PatentNo. 34,786, granted to Skiff March 25, 1862, and I makeno claim to anything therein shown or described. My attachment differsfrom said patents, principally, in that all the parts are mounted upon abracket that is adapted to be secured to an anvil of any height by theuse of asingle pair of lag-bolts, the bracket being so adjusted on thebase as to bring the die on the jaw adjacent to the end of the anvil,thereby forming a strong and substantial vise which will enable the workto be done on the die carried by the jaw and not upon the anvil. The jawis so mountwhat I claim, and desire to ed that its upper end swingsnormally away from the anvil and its lower end normally in toward thebracket, and the foot lever is forked at its inner end so as to embracethe curved lower end of the jaw and the adjacent part of the bracket,thereby making a very strong connection and assisting in preventinglateral vibration of the jaw. It will also be seen that theoperating-roller is mounted between the forked ends of the lever infront of and close to the fulcrum thereof so that the necessary powermay be obtained to hold the work steady. The foot lever is kept normallypressed upward so that the jaw may swing easily and quickly away fromthe anvil, the spring performing no other work except that of liftingthe foot lever.

Having thus fully described my invention, secure by Letters Patent, is

A vise attachment for anvils consisting of a bracket adapted to beremovably attached to the anvil base, a vertical jaw pivoted to theupper end of the bracket and projecting above the same to co-operatewith the ad acent end of the anvil, the lower end of said ,jaw beingcurved inwardly toward the lower end of the bracket and being adapted toswing normally toward the same, the foot-lever bifurcated at its innerend, the two arms formed by the bifurcation embracing the curved lowerend of the jaw and the adjacent part of the bracket, means for pivotallyconnecting the inner ends of the lever to the bracket, a rollerjournaledin the forked end of the lever in front of its pivotal point and adaptedto bear upon the curved inner edge of the jaw when the lever isdepressed, and a spring for normally holding the foot-lever up,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT F. REED. WVitnesses:

J. D. BROWN, 'A. L. SMITH.

